There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.


The Cavalry General, ch. 6, as translated by Henry Graham Dakyns in The Cavalry General (2004) p. 26.

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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to...

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to...

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to...

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to...